27. II. 08.

Dear Anatoly Vasilyevich! Again and again I remind you about Ferry. If you haven't sent it, that's simply a disaster!

Then we would very much like to commission from you for the 3rd (23rd) issue of *Proletariat* (the jubilee issue) a small article on the Paris Commune.¹⁴⁹ Perhaps you have the new book by Jaures and Dubreuil—though it is hardly likely that these gentlemen could correctly evaluate the Commune. But the letters of Marx to Kugelmann, which we have discussed with you more than once, absolutely should be mentioned again and cited as an instruction to the opportunists.

The size of this jubilee article—15,000 letters maximum. Deadline—next Wednesday (4. III). Please answer immediately whether you will send it.

Send it!

Pressing your hand. Your Lenin

On the island of Capri (Italy)

Sent from Geneva

First published in 1934

in *Leninsky Sbornik* XXVI

Printed from the manuscript